Hi C4n (How got this Spelled, Cain ? Ceforn? Can ?)
There is a High Chance you lose Monney while Hunting Even if you lucky sometimes the Moment WILL Come where you have bad luck. Also Crafting and Tailoring are PED Graves in the Beginning. Mining Could Work, but you have not Enough Monney to make a serious Bomb Run, Mining can become a real PED Grave, i allready found out that :laugh: .
But dont Worry, there is Hope
For Sweating go South East of Port Atlantis, you find Exaosaurus and Combibos there and Usally a Lot of Hunters. You can try to Follow them and gather Sweat. You can also Move near the Beach and Trying to Sweat the Animals until they Notice you. If that Happen run into the Wather and let them Drown. Same works if you Lure them near the City where the Guard Tower do the Job.
If you plan NOT Depositing you have to Figure Out the Marked Value of Ressources and Reselling them. Buy Cheap from Hunters/Miners sell Expensive to Crafters/Tailors. Get one of the most Hated but most needed Profession in PE
But i beat you not Statisfied by hanging all Time in Port Atlantis Reselling Stuff. You want Action, do you ?
To get a Taste of PE i suggest you to Download that Map.
The Blue Dots are Teleporter, once Activated you can Jump between them for Free. Get a look at Calypso check out what others do all Day.
On this Map you also find the Oil Rig. A Place created to Pleasure the Übers who see it as Sport to Hunt down all Orange Looking Newbies they can Catch ,) On the Oil Rig you can get a Can of Oil you can Sell. It Pops out from Time to Time and is always Siged by a lot of People. If you see Skam building a Castle out of Oil better Run, she Proably Shoot first and ask later if you would Destroy the Building :silly2: If you have the Luck (getting a HOF seems more Easy than have Luck on Rig) you can Sell the Oil for like 110% at the Trade Terminal Value. Even if you not Lucky, the Location is Pretty Impressive Designed with Lots of Space Wrecks Death Robots and War Stuff.
Another Way to get free Monney is gather Fruits. Dont search them, they Search and find you. They Pop around you if you not Running from time to Time. But its not more than a nice Addiction than a way to make Monney.
If you gatherd enough Monney and Tired of Reselling Stuff just get you 3 or 4 Axes 1x0 and a Jester or Man MPH for the Beginning and Try out your Luck. A few People have never Deposited, always got the HOF (High Loot Payout) on the Right Time. Others Pumping Horrible Ammounts of Dollars into PE and losing it (That are both Extremes, the Average is somewhere between it.) If you see a Strange Guy telling you about a God called Lootius and wanna Sell you a Fruit for 40 pec TAKE it , i heard it give you a better HOF Chance 
What will your Fortune ? Find out and good Luck
PS :
Good Mentors are Rare. Most just want you to become your Disciple because if you Graduate they Recive a nice Item for you. They just Accept Everyone calculation a few Percent will make it. You wont get any Support from them as soon you cant Kick them anymore. So be carefull and Choose whisely. If you spend Time Reading the Manual and the Help Sections you can even made it without Mentor. But having one is a nice Thing and build up Friendship, making a lot more Easy to get Settled.
Explore your Abilitys, get an Image about PE and decide if you Stay/Leave with or without Deposit Monney.
Kind Regards
Fiona